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Synonyms & Antonyms of incredulous
1
inclined to doubt or question claims
- incredulous by nature, I'm of course very suspicious of anyone who claims to be able to communicate with the dead
Synonyms for incredulous
Words Related to incredulous
- paranoid
- (also paranoidal)
Near Antonyms for incredulous
Antonyms for incredulous
- credulous,
- gullible
- (also gullable),
- trustful,
- trusting,
- uncritical,
- unquestioning
2
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
- an incredulous account of alien abduction that the tabloids had a field day with
Synonyms for incredulous
Words Related to incredulous
- debatable,
- disputable,
- dodgy
- [chiefly British],
- doubtable,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- dubitable,
- far-fetched,
- fishy,
- flimsy,
- questionable,
- shaky,
- suspect,
- suspicious,
- unlikely,
- unreasonable
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The first known use of incredulous was in 1579
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